My Review of The Weekend in Sports

Seeing as I have a whole lot of time on my hands right now (I actually have all the time in the world now), I've got a few thoughts about this past week in the sports world. Some of these thoughts are pretty thought out, and others are not at all.



1. I am watching this post-game show thingy on ESPN for the Minnesota-Chicago game. It's Sal Paolantonio, Steve Young and Emmitt Smith. Right now they're talking to Adrian Peterson, star of tonight's game and the lock for Rookie of the Year. But wow, Adrian Peterson and Emmitt Smith trying to talk to each other is a complete train wreck. Holy crap, I can't understand a single word either one of them is saying. What is funny is that they can understand each other. Ha! They're almost worse than Shannon Sharpe. Not worse, but almost. And that is saying a lot.

2. John Anderson just intro'd the Bucks-Cavs games with "I like big Bucks and I cannot lie." I really love SportsCenter some nights. Great stuff. Just awesome.



3. Where is the love for the Portland Trail Blazers? Anyone? I know they're not heaven-sent like the Boston Celtics or anything like that, but c'mon. They've won 8 games in a row and are actually--believe it or not--competing in the Northwest Division.

The last time the Blazers managed to have a winning month was November of 2004. And only after winning 8 in a row, they are getting some love from Yahoo! Sports, ESPN.com and SI.com. It's about time, geez. Actually, that Yahoo! Sports article isn't really showing them love at all, so I take that back.

And who needs Greg Oden? Obviously, having Oden playing would be pretty sweet, and we here in Portland will welcome him back with open arms, but the team seems to be doing fine without him. At the start of the season, fans in Portland were reluctant to mention the word "playoff" for fear of jacking up the expectations. But as of right now, I am going to use the word "playoff." Yep, that just happened.

4. Terrell Owens is slowly becoming a huge jackass again. What a freaking baby. I never thought T.O. had grown out of being a self centered team cancer, but it seems like a lot of other people (mainly the ones on ESPN) did. They actually thought that he had turned over a new leaf. Lo and behold, when the Cowboys lose a couple games, the old T.O. starts creeping his way back.

Terrell Owens really needs to just shut up. Maybe he can start complaining about Tony Romo and the offense when he isn't leading his team in dropped passes. Once that happens, then I will start taking Owens and what he spews out of his mouth seriously.

5. Fantasy Football Update: So this past week, the Fine Young Whiteys went up against a very worthy opponent, Kyle is Bi-Curious, in fantasy football playoffs. As I've explained on here before, Tom Brady has been my key to pretty much most all of my wins all year long. Brady usually will score anywhere from 50-65 points.

This last week, despite only a crappy 12.6 points from Brady, F.Y.W beat K.I.B.C by the score of 185 to 105. It would have been a lot closer if Jessica Simpson wasn't at Tony Romo's game on Sunday. Romo had his worst game of his career, so that didn't help my opponent too much.

So now I will face off against Jim's team, NKOTB!. He finished first in the league, and if you recall an earlier post, faked his way all the way to the best record in the league. Although, I am pretty confident about my team's chances in the title game, I don't think I will survive another 12 point performance from the star of my team.

I will be sure and keep everyone posted on how it shakes out next week.

6. I don't really have any one specific thing that I want/need for Christmas, but that was before today. Found this online today, and just had to add it to the list. You all have my permission to go in together and buy this for me. I won't mind one bit. I will totally act like I am surprised. Promise.

7. This is neither here nor there, but Roy Williams is such an idiot. This guy keeps on doing something that has been ruled illegal by the NFL. It's called a horse collar tackle and the NFL made it illegal because he had done it, like, a million times. Basically, they made up the rule because of Roy Williams. People, it's called the 'Roy Williams Rule' for crap's sake. So you can safely bet that Williams is at the very least, aware of this rule, right?

Look what happened on Sunday in the Eagles-Cowboys game. And he got suspended for it too. Guess he'll never just learn. Idiot.

8. Did anyone else see that Miami game where the Dolphins finally won? Congrats to the Dolphins. I was rooting for them to win all day long, and I'm glad that they're not going to have to suffer through a winless season. Next up: getting killed by my Patriots. So enjoy this win while you can boys.

9. And finally, this whole Mitchell Report stuff is just boring me to tears. I am not sure why, I just don't really care that much about it. We all know that baseball players use steroids, and none of the names really surprised me that much. There isn't much more to say about how steroids are corrupting the game, players are cheating any way they can, this should be dealt with and soon, etc etc etc. We've all heard it, right?

Bonds is guilty, Clemens is guilty (even though he won't just admit it), Pettitte is guilty, Rick Ankiel is guilty, Fernando Vina is guilty, and the rest of them are guilty. But I was thinking about the difference between Clemens and Bonds, if there is one.

And I think that there is. I think people will still treat them differently when talking about their career accomplishments, and it has nothing to do with the color of their skin. It's actually quite simple: Bonds is a total jerk to everyone and Clemens is not. That's it. That explains it all.

Well it's bedtime. Remember to keep on keepin' on people. Until tomorrow.